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Missouri Council 
of Defense 



Appointed by the Governor of Missouri upon 

the request of the President of 

the United States 



AIMS AND OBJECTS 



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HEADQUARTERS 
CITY OF JEFFERSON 






Missouri Councilof Defense 

Honorary President. Frederick D. Gardner, Governor of Mfesourl 
Chairman. F. B. M.MEOHr,. Dean and Director of the College of Ag iculture 
University of Missouri. Columbia. agriculture. 

C. W. Armour, 3500 Walnut St.. Kansas City 
J. T. Bird, Emory, Bird & Thayer. Kansas City 

Rev. W. C. Bitting, Pastor of the Second Baptist Church, St. Louis 
George Warren Brown, President of the Brown Shoe Co.. St Louis 
Benj. F. Bush. President of the Missouri Pacific Railway Co.. St Louis 
Thornton Cooke. President of the Mid-West National Bank. Kansas City 
Jame.s Cowgill, RepubUc Bldg, Kansas City ^' 

Kanst Cit"'' '''"'"'"* "' ''" ^^ ^ """"'" ""'^^ Manufacturing Co.. 
L B. DuNLAP. President of the Dunlap Realty Co.. Kansas City 
ilON. George H. Edwards, Mayor of Kansas City. 
C. F. Enright, State Bank Commissioner, St. Joseph 
Fred W. Fleming. Vice-President of the Kansas City Life Insurance Co 

Kansas City. ^^., 

John H. Galeener, Farmer, Sikeston. 

Most Rev. John J. Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis 

CoL. W. T. Kemper, President of the Commerce Trust Co.. Kansas City - 

Hon. Henry W. Kiel, Mayor of St. Louis. 

William H. Lee. President of the Merchants-Lacledo National Bank, St. Louis. 

R. A. Long. President of the Long-Bell Lumber Co., Kansas City 

Hon. Frank W. McAllister, Attorney-General. Jefferson City 

James A. McCord, Adjutant-General, Jefferson City. 

Hon. Hugh McIndob, Mayor of Joplin. 

E: E. E. McJimsey. Editor of the Springfield Republican, Springfield 

Joshua Motter, Wheeler & Motter, St. Joseph. 

Hon. Elliot Marshall, Mayor of St. Joseph. 

E. IJ- NiMs, Vice-Preside.it Southwestern Bell Telephone System, St. Louis 

filT ^ '. *^' ^''"°"" ^'^'^ ^'•^"-^- ^'^d member of the Board 

of State Highway Commissioners. Canton. 

Sidney J. Roy, Secretary of the Mississippi Waterways Association, Hannibal. 

S. R. ScHMUTz. Proprietor of the Orchard Grove Fruit and Stock Farm, May- 
view. ^ 

CoL. Lee Shelton, Farmer and Merchant, Kennett 

E. W Solomon. President of the Missouri Division of the Farmers' Educa- 
tional and Co-operative Union of America. Bernie 

David SoMMERs. Vice-President of the Schram Glass Mfg. Company. St. Louis. 

Cecil W. Thomas, Capitahst. Jefferson City. 

W. W. Wheeler, Wheeler & Motter, St. .Toseph. 

Edwards Whitaker, Whitaker & Co.. St. Louis 

M. L. Wilkinson, President of the Scruggs- Vandervoort-Barney Dry Good 
Co.. St. Louis. 

Robert Withers, Farmer, Liberty. 

R. T. Wood, President of the State Federation of Labor, Springfield 
Huston Wyeth, Wyeth Hdw. & Mfg. Co., St. .Joseph 
William F. Saunders. Secretary of the Council. Jefferson City. 

(2) 

D. Of D. 
. ^UG 20 1917 



MISSOURI COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 

The Missouri Council of Defense is an advisory 
commission appointed by the Governor of the State 
to co-operate with the National Council of Defense in 
all matters pertaining to the present war emergency. 
The functions and duties of the Missom-i Council of 
Defense are indicated by Governor Frederick D. 
Gardner, as follows: 

"The idea of a State Council of Defense is an out- 
growth of the old State Council of Safety of the Rev- 
olutionary War. The duties of such a Council, among 
other things, are: 

1st. To mobihze and conserve all the resources of 

the State. 
2nd. To co-operate with the War and Navy De- 
partments, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Federal Trade Commission, and the Na- 
tional Council of Defense. 
3rd. To assist in a movement to prevent uneco- 
nomic speculation in the necessaries of life. 
4th. To take the lead in all movements for as- 
sisting the farmer, also in exploiting the ad- 
vantage of municipal and community gar- 
dening; shall co-operate with the College of 
Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture and 
the Superintendent of Schools, etc. 
5th. In brief, this Committee will be the supreme 
authority of the commonwealth in relation to 
the State's duties to the nation during the 
entire period of the war. 

(Signed) Frederick D. Gardner, 

Governor." 

(3) 



THE DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL 

At a meeting of the Missouri Council of Defense 
held in St. Louis on May 8, 1917, the Council consid- 
ered the range of its activities and approved the fol- 
lowing statement of its duties: 

"The chief function of the National Council of 
Defense is to federate and co-ordinate all the activi- 
ties of the National Government in order that all these 
enterprises of the Nation may render the largest na- 
tional service during the war. 

"It is the function of the Missouri Council of De- 
fense in like manner to federate and co-ordinate the 
various State activities in such a manner that these 
shall contribute most effectively in developing the 
plans of the National Council of Defense. The Coun- 
cil has provided for the organization of the following 
committees, the appointments having been made by 
the Committee on Organization: 

COMMITTEES 

1. Organizalion: 

F. B. MuMFORD, Chairman, Columbia. 
General Frank W. McAllister, Jefferson City. 
W. F. Saunders, Secretary, Jefferson City. 

2. Agriculture and Food Production: 

Council Member, F. B. Mumford, Columbia. 

A. J. Meyer, Chairman, Director of Agricultural Ex- 
tension, Columbia. 

Jewell Mayes, Secretary State Board of Agriculture, 
Columbia. 

Paul Evans, Director Missouri Fruit Experiment Sta- 
tion, ^lountain Grove. 

C. T. Patterson, Director Missouri Poultry Experiment 
Station, Mountain Grove. 

J. C. Hackleman, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on 
Seed Supplies. 

(4) 



3. Dislribulion and Marketing: 

Council Member, C. O. Raine, Hayti. 

Jewell Mayes, Chairman, Secretary State Board of 

Agriculture, Columbia. 
A. J. Meyer, Director Agricultural Extension, Columbia. 
E. W. Solomon, Bernie. 
S. R. ScHMUTz, Mayview. 

4. Farm Statistics: 

Council Member, Rob^irt Withers, Liberty. 

W. L. Nelson, Chairman, Assistant Secretary State 

Board of Agriculture, Columbia. 
Eugene A. Logan, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

Columbia. 

5. Food Conservation: 

W. C. Bitting, Chairman, St. Louis. 
Mayor H. W. Kiel, St. Louis, 
Mayor Geo. H. Edwards, Kansas City. 

6. Labor: 

Council Member R. T. Wood, Springfield. 
Wm. H. Lewis, Commissioner of Labor, Chairman, Jef- 
ferson City. 

C. G. Brittingham, Eldon. 
Sub-Committee on Farm Labor: 

Council Member, J. H. Galeener, Sikeston. 

D. C. Wood, Chairman, Columbia. 
H. S. Clark, Columbia. 

Sub-Committee on Boys' Reserve Corps: 

Uel W. Lamkin, Chairman, Jefferson City. 

7. Mineral Resources: 

Council Member, Hugh McIndoe, Joplin. 

H. A. Buehler, State Geologist, Chairman, Rolla. 

A. L. McRae, Director School of Mines, Rolla. 

George Hill, Bevier. 

Thomas Walton, Higbee. 

8. Public Education: 

Uel W. Lamkin, Superintendent of Public Schools, Chair- 
man, Jefferson City. 

A. Ross Hill, President University of Missouri, Co- 
lumbia. 

W. S. Dearmont, President Third District Normal 
School, Cape Girardeau. 



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William H. Black, President Missouri Valley College, 

Marshall. 
John W. Withers, Superintendent St. Louis Schools, 

St. Louis. 
I. I. Cammack, Superintendent Kansas City Schools, 

Kansas City. 

9. Army and Navy: 

Cecil W. Thomas, Chairman, Jefferson City. 
General F. W. McAllister, Jefferson City. 

10. Finance: 

Wm. H. Lee, Chairman, St. Louis. 

B. F. Bush, St. Louis. 

C. F. Enright, Jefferson City. 
W. T. Kemper, Kansas City. 
Elliott Marshall, St. Joseph. 
Hugh McIndoe, Joplin. 

R. A. Long, Kansas City. 
Fred W. Fleming, Kansas City. 

IL Women''s Defense Work: 

Council Member, M. L. Wilkinson, St. Louis. 
Mrs. B. F. Bush, Chairman, St. Louis. 

12. Publicity: 

Archbishop Glennon, Chairman, St. Louis. 

S. J. Roy, Hannibal. 

E. E. E. McJiMSEY, Springfield. 

I. B. DuNLAP, Kansas City. 

W. F. Saunders, Jefferson City. 

13. Manufacturing Industries: 

W. S. Dickey, Chairman, Kansas City. 
David Sommers, St. Louis. 
George W. Brown, St. Louis. 

The work of these committees will be conducted 
chiefly through the regularly constituted agencies of 
the State, such as the College of Agriculture, the 
State Board of Agriculture, the Missouri Fruit Experi- 
ment Station, the Missouri Poultry Experiment Sta- 
tion, the State Geologist, State Bureau of Labor, and 
other administrative offices of the State government. 



The Missouri Council of Defense will proceed at 
once to organize County Councils of Defense, and the 
County Councils of Defense will be instructed to or- 
ganize Township Councils of Defense. 

The County and Township Councils of Defense 
may best serve the Nation at this time by carrying out 
the program of work which follows. All of these ac- 
tivities have been approved by the National Council 
of Defense and the co-operation of all local councils 
is earnestly urged by the Federal and State author- 
ities. 

HOW ALL MISSOURIANS MAY HELP 

The Missouri Council of Defense, realizing the 
magnitude of the task before the American nation, 
and recognizing the importance of State co-operation 
in the development of the Federal plans or the na- 
tional defense, earnestly urges upon all the people, and 
especially the County and Township Councils of De- 
fense, that they co-operate with the National Council 
of Defense and the State Council of Defense in assist- 
ing the Federal Government in the following ways: 

1. Increase the production of food crops by 

(a) increasing the acreage; 

(b) increasing the yields per acre; 

(c) increasing garden crops ; 

(d) preventing destruction of crops by in- 
jurious insects; 

(e) writing to the College of Agriculture, 
Columbia, Missouri, for information 
on all matters pertaining to agriculture 
and food production; 



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(f) writing to the State Board of Agricul- 
ture, Columbia, Missouri, for informa- 
tion on Distribution and Marketing of 
Farm Products, Control of Animal 
Diseases, and Farm Crop Statistics. 

2. Assist in the conservation of foods by 

(a) preventing waste; 

(b) encouraging the preservation of foods 
by canning and drying, 

3. Consume more food products grown in local 
community. 

4. Educate the people as to the magnitude of the 
task ahead of the American nation and promote 
a patriotic spmt. 

5. Aid in recruiting for the National Guard and 
the regular army. 

6. Aid in every way possible in carrying out the 
enrollment for the army which has been au- 
thorized by Congress. 

7. Assist the War Department in applying intel- 
ligently the selective draft plan. 

8. Encourage the recruiting of the additional 
number required by the United States Navy. 

9. Help to organize some definite system 
so that the worker and the employer may be 
put in contact with each other, thereby avert- 
ing, if possible, the threatened shortage of 
labor. 

10. Assist in the flotation of all bond issues of 
the government. 



11. Appoint the following committees to have 
charge of the subjects indicated in your 
County : 

1. Agriculture and Food Production 

2. Labor 

3. Utilization and Economy 

4. Distribution and Marketing 

5. Finance 

6. Manufacture. 

7. Co-operation with other local patriot- 
ic agencies. 

8. Women's Defense Work. 

12. Also co-operate with every state agency at work 
for the national defense. Find out especially 
who the chairman of your County and 
Township Council of Defense is and offer him 
your help. 

13. Co-operate with the emergency food agent 
working for increased food production in your 
county. (This official represents the College of 
Agriculture and the Federal Department of 
Agriculture, and is backed by the authority 
of the President of the United States and the 
Federal Congress, and will be fully informed 
on many matters of vital interest to the com- 
munity). 

14. Help the Missouri Council of Defense to secure 
clean, moral surroundings for military camps 
in the state, large or small, permanent or 
temporary. 

The headquarters of the Missouri Council of De- 
fense will be at Jefferson City. All communications 
should be addressed to Missouri Council of Defense, 
Jefferson City, Missouri. 



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DUTIES OF COUNTY COUNCILS. 

The duties of the County Councils of Defense are 
described in this letter, sent to each member of a 
County Council from headquarters. 

To Members of County Councils of Defense: 

The county councils of defense are to conduct the 9ffieial 
organization in each county to serve with the State Council of 
Defense in all matters pertaining to the national defense. 

The greatest service which Missouri may render to the Nation 
at this time is to encourage larger production of all food products 
and to encourage the conservation and preservation of these 
products. 

The County Council of Defense should elect an active Secre- 
tary who can give sufficient time to the work to handle promptly 
correspondence which may come to him. 

It is further suggested that committees be appointed in 
charge of the various activities. The following committees are 
recommended: 

a. Agriculture and Food Production. 

b. Labor. 

c. T'tilization and Econom.y. 

d. Distribution and ISIarketing. 

e. Finance. 

f. Co-operation With Other Local Patriotic Agencies. 

g. Women's Defense Work. 

h. Other committees as needed. 

Membership on these committees need not be limited to mem 
bers of the County Council of Defense. 

The County Councils of Defense should proceed immediately 
to organize Township Councils of Defense of not less than seven 
members each. The names of the members of the Township 
Councils and the names of all committeemen should be sent 
promptly to the Secretary of the Missouri Council of Defense, 
Jefferson City, Missouri. 

F. B. MUMFORD, 
W. F. SAUNDERS, Chairman. 

Secretary. 



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THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE. 

"The supreme test of the nation has come," 
President Wilson says, in a personal appeal to his 
fellow citizens issued from Washington, April 15, 1917. 

To the farmers of the United States he addresses 
his appeal with especial emphasis. "Putting the navy 
on a war footing and raising a great army are the 
simplest parts of the task," the President declares. 
He calls upon the farmers to concentrate their utmost 
energies to increase the production of food stuffs, 
pointing out in strong words that this is vital to the 
successful prosecution of the war. 

The practical and unlimited co-operation of the 
jovernment in the great work that devolves upon 
the farmers is pledged by the President. Those por- 
tions of the proclamation which relate to the supreme 
need of food stuffs follow: 

"My Fellow Countrymen: The entrance of our own beloved 
country into the grim and terrible war for democracy and human 
rights, which has shaken the world, creates so many problems of 
national life and action which call for immediate consideration 
and settlement that I hope you will permit me to address to you 
a few words of earnest counsel and appeal with regard to them. 
We are rapidly putting our navy upon an effective war footing 
and are about to create and equip a great army, but these are the 
simplest part of the great task to which we have addressed our- 
selves. 

"MUST SUPPLY ABUNDANT FOOD." 

"We must supply abundant food for ourselves and for our 
armies and our seamen not only, but also for a large part of the 
nations with whom we have now made common cause, in whose 
support and by whose sides we shall be fighting. 

"FOOD STUFFS SUPREME NEED. 

'I take the liberty, therefore, of addressing this word to the 
farmer? of the country and to all who work on the farms: 

"Tre supreme need of our own nation and of the nations 
with which we are co-operating is an abundance of supplies and 



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especially of food stuffs. The importance of an adequate food 
supply, especially for the present year, is superlative. Wit'; mt 
abundant food, alike for the armies and the peoples now at war, 
the whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked aIU 
break down and fail. The world's food reserves are low. Not 
only during the present emergency, but for some time after p-'aee 
shall have come, both our own people and a large proportic ^ of 
the people of Europe must rely upon the harvests in Amt ica. 
Upon the farmers of this country, therefore, in large mejuure 
rests the fate of the war and the fate of the nations. May the 
nation not count upon them to omit no step that will increase 
the production of their land or that will bring about the tiost 
effectual co-operation in the sale and distribution of their products. 
The time is short. It is of the most imperative importance that 
everything possible be done and done immediately to make sure 
of large harvests. 

"I call upon young men and old alike and upon the able' 
bodied boys of the land to accept and act upon this duty — td'-' 
turn in hosts to the farms and make certain that no pains i.nd 
labor is lacking in this great matter. 

"The government of the United States and the governmeE 1 o of 
the several states stand ready to co-operate. They will do e^ ry- 
thing possible to assist farmers in securing an adequate supply 
of seed, an adequate force of laborers when they are most ne ded 
at harvest time, and the means of expediting shipments of fertili fiers 
and farm machinery, as well as of the crops themselves "v hen 
harvested. The course of trade shall be as unhampered as t is 
possible to make it, and there shall be no unwarranted manij illa- 
tion of the nation's food supply by those who handle it on its ,'^ay 
to the consumer. This is our opportunity to demonstrate the 
efficiency of a great democracy, and we shall not fall short of it. 

"The supreme test of the nation has come. We mus all 
speak, act and serve together." 

(Signed) WOODROW WILSON. 



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